Feasibility of a 2-km walking test for fitness assessment in a population study

Laukkanen, Raija; Oja, Pekka; Ojala, Katriina; Pasanen, Matti; Vuori, Ilkka

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“…Nevertheless, the values concerning VO2max are in line with those reported in previous studies 33,46 and training sessions made in laboratory conditions may be considered as highly standardized.…”

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Is trait anxiety associated with improving fitness?

Cervantes

Parrado

Capdevila

2012

Apunts. Medicina de l'Esport

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Introduction and objective:Information to explain the inter-individual variation of VO2max-cardiorespiratory fitness after training interventions is of great importance as regards health status. The main purpose of this study was to estimate whether the trait anxiety can influence cardiorespiratory fitness in controlled aerobic exercise training. Methods: Twelve students were divided into a progressive light-aerobic training group (g-PAT, n = 6) and a control group (g-CON, n = 6). VO2max was assessed at baseline and after a 6-week training period. Training consisted of three 30-min sessions a week with the intensity of 50---70% of HR reserve. Conclusion:The main findings of this study suggest that VO2max training response is not only determined by a VO2max genetic factor, but is also determined by trait anxiety. This is the first exploratory study to estimate the proportion of the trait anxiety associated with the physiological response to an aerobic exercise. We suggest that the trait anxiety is taken into account as an individual difference which could determine the efficacy of aerobic exercise programs in sedentary people. © 2011 Consell Català de l'Esport. Generalitat de Catalunya. Published by Elsevier España, S.L. All rights reserved. PALABRAS CLAVEVO2max-fitness cardiorrespiratorio; Actividad física; Ansiedad rasgo ¿Está relacionada la ansiedad rasgo con la mejora del fitness? Resumen Introdución y objetivo: La información que permita explicar la variación inter-individiual del VO2max-fitness cardiorrespiratorio después de las intervenciones de entrenamiento es de gran importancia en relación al estado de salud. El objetivo principal de este estudio fue estimar si el rasgo de ansiedad puede influir en el fitness cardiorrespiratorio a partir de un entrenamiento controlado de ejercicio aeróbico. * Corresponding author. E-mail address: juliocerva@hotmail.com (J.C. Cervantes). Método: Doce estudiantes fueron divididos en un grupo de entrenamiento aeróbico progresivo (g-PAT, n = 6) y en un grupo control (g-CON, n = 6). El VO2máx se evaluó antes y después de un período de entrenamiento de 6 semanas. El entrenamiento consistió en tres sesiones a la semana de 30 minutos con una intensidad de 50-70% de la FC de reserva. Resultados: El ANCOVA muestra un efecto significativo del grupo sobre el VO2 máx [F (1,8) = 5,362, p <0,05], con valores más altos en el g-PAT [36,45 (6,32)] en comparación con el g-CON [28,97 (6,38) Conclusión: Las principales conclusiones de este estudio sugieren que la respuesta al entrenamiento del VO2máx no sólo está determinada por factores genéticos sino también por la ansiedad rasgo. Este es un primer estudio exploratorio en estimar la proporción de la ansiedad rasgo en relación con la respuesta fisiológica a un ejercicio aeróbico. Sugerimos considerar la ansiedad rasgo como una diferencia individual que puede determinar la eficacia de los programas de ejercicio aeróbico en personas sedentarias.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 79%

Is trait anxiety associated with improving fitness?

Cervantes

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Capdevila

2012

Apunts. Medicina de l'Esport

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“…In our data the validity of the single-item global physical activity was found to be good, for example, with reference to the results of the 2 km walking test, with which the maximal aerobic power can be estimated. 35 The third measure was an estimation of the history of physical activity during the follow-up period. It was based on the change in the self-assessments of global physical activity in the surveys of 1980 and 1990.…”

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Association between leisure time physical activity and 10-year body mass change among working-aged men and women

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether habitual leisure time physical activity and body mass change of working-aged men and women are associated. DESIGN: Prospective 10 y follow-up study. SUBJECTS: A regionally representative cohort of 19±63 y old men (n 2564) and women (n 2695) in three municipalities in Finland. MEASUREMENTS: The main outcome measures were average body mass change during the 10 y of follow-up and the clinically signi®cant body mass gain de®ned as a body mass gain of 5 kg or more during the follow-up and a body mass index of 26 or higher at the end of the follow-up. Leisure time physical activity was determined from self-administered questionnaires. RESULTS: After adjustment for the potential confounders, the logistic regression analysis showed that the men and women with no regular weekly activity at the end of the follow-up had an odds ratio of 2.59 (95% con®dence interval, 1.69±3.97) and 2.67 (1.65±4.31), respectively for clinically signi®cant body mass gain in comparison with the most active groups. The men who had decreased their activity during the 10 y follow-up had an odds ratio of 1.96 (1.39± 2.75), and the men who were physically inactive all the time had an odds ratio of 1.62 (1.18±2.20) for clinically signi®cant body mass gain when compared with the subjects who were active all the time. Among the women the odds ratios for clinically signi®cant body mass gain after adjustment for potential confounders were 2.49 (1.72±3.60) and 1.61 (1.17±2.21), respectively. CONCLUSION: These ®ndings are consistent with the hypothesis that regular physical activity prevents body mass gain and physical inactivity is a risk factor for body mass gain and obesity among adults.

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“…Twenty-nine patients were withdrawn due to clinical symptoms or medications inuencing heart rate. The 2-km walking test might be feasible for healthy persons [12,13,14,15,16] and probably also for some patient groups, e.g., those with chronic heart failure and dialysis management [17,18]. Harrison and associates showed, however, that the walking method was inadequate in a small sample compared to the cycling method [22].…”

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“…The 2-km walking test, developed in the Urho Kaleva Kekkonen Institute in Tampere, has proven to be an alternative method for healthy adults [12,13,14,15,16].…”

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Feasibility of fitness tests in subjects with chronic pain (fibromyalgia): discordance between cycling and 2-km walking tests

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2001

Rheumatology International

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Altogether, 69 out of 98 ®bromyalgia (FMS) patients who attended a 2-week multidisciplinary inpatient course and a 1-week control period 3 months later completed 2-km walking tests and stepwise-increased cycling tests at entry and after 3 months. The purpose was to compare the feasibility of the two ®tness tests for assessment of FMS patients. The results showed a substantially lower ®tness level in the results of the 2-km walking test than in the cycling test in the same patients: mean maximum VO 2 was 28.5 ml/kg per min vs 34.6 ml/kg per min, respectively. At entry and after the 3-month training period, the correlations between the two tests were very poor, i.e., with Spearman's r coecients of 0.37 and 0.34, respectively (P<0.01), intraclass correlation coecients (ICC) 0.20 (95% CI ±0.29 to 0.50) and 0.47 (95% CI 0.15 to 0.67), reliability coecients (alpha) 0.54 and 0.47, and Kendal-T coecients 0.32 and 0.41 for ordinal correlation of the test results. The results did not correlate with pain, which remained at initial levels for the 3 months of follow-up. Principally, these tests should both measure the same property, i.e., the ®tness of ®bromyalgia syndrome (FMS) patients, but the results diered substantially. The 2-km walking test showed a markedly lower ®tness level than the cycling test in the same patients. The primary explanation for this dierence might be diculties in controlling test performance, especially in walking. The 2-km walking test would not appear recommendable for subjects with chronic pain syndrome, e.g., ®bromyalgia.

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Feasibility of a 2-km walking test for fitness assessment in a population study

Cited by 37 publications

References 14 publications

Is trait anxiety associated with improving fitness?

Is trait anxiety associated with improving fitness?

Association between leisure time physical activity and 10-year body mass change among working-aged men and women

Feasibility of fitness tests in subjects with chronic pain (fibromyalgia): discordance between cycling and 2-km walking tests

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